JoCo Med-Act ambulance rides are going to cost more — Here's why

JoCo Med-Act ambulance rides are going to cost more — Here's why

In a bid to make ambulance service quicker, Johnson County commissioners this month agreed to hire nine emergency medical technicians and reallocate $1.2 million in general fund reserves to pay for them in 2026. The move is intended to help MED-ACT, the only ambulance service in the county, cope with a 67% increase in call volume since 2010, while bringing down response times that have begun to fall short of the county’s goals. But it comes at a…